Hmmm....that's impressive. Very distinguished. But I'm guessing you don't read for fun or entertainment........you're clearly on a mission. That's mostly philosophy, history and.......psychology? What are you looking for?

By the way, I agree that Atlas shrugged was a drag, but only because she had made her point in the first two hundred pages. It didn't have to be over a thousand pages. Figures that you would check it out; Rand's objectivism was actually influenced by existentialism.

I don't read for fun. I used to, but not anymore. There is no time to be reading for fun. I read to expand my knowledge and seek answers to serious questions. You can say that I am continuously searching for the truth.

If you noticed, I read lots of existential philosophers, the likes of Camus, Cioran, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. This is because they seem to be the most honest in their examination of the reality of human existence, even though their apparatus is couched in a materialist and atheist world view which I no longer subscribe to. I don't read them that much anymore anyway, but they've been influential in shaping my thinking.

I read George Orwell because of the political significance of his books. 1984 really made me think and reevaluate the current sociopolitical system and how our behaviors and belief systems could actually lead to the dystopia that constituted the setting of his book. I read Solzhenitsyn for the same reason but for a non fictional account of the quasi-dystopia that has been created in the past.

I read Dostoyevsky because of his remarkable ability to ask difficult moral questions.

I read Carl Sagan because of my fascination with cosmology. I've also read the likes of Hawkings and Krauss, but I love Sagan's prose and the way he simplifies supposedly arcane knowledge.

Robert Greene speaks the truth about the forces that control human behavior and how to meddle with them.

I'm more interested in Chomsky's political side than his Linguistic side. He's been a devastating critique of Western foreign policy and Imperialism and the wealth of knowledge in his books is just outstanding. His ideas are mainly left winged, but there is a lot of truth in them.

Thomas Sowell is just an exceptionally brilliant and articulate political, cultural and economical analyst. And he says the fuçking truth. It also helps that he isn't left leaning. He is like the opposite if Chomsky, but opposite in a good way. You can say Chomsky speaks the truth from the left side of the political spectrum while Sowell speaks the truth from the right side of the political spectrum.

I read David Kahman, Steven Pinker and Carl Jung for the same reasons: To have a better understanding of the dynamics of human behavior.

I read Robert Hare as a result of my interest in human Psychopathology, Psychopathy in particular. I find it fascinating.

My interest in Jared Diamond actually has an interesting background. I've always questioned why certain societies tend to be more successful than others, especially why most parts of Africa were underdeveloped compared to the rest of the world at the time time the Europeans first arrived here. Jared Diamond presented an answer that was very plausible and convincing and this made me delve into his other books. Though, currently, my conviction in his proposition has sort of lessened.

Plato's theory of forms and the corollary materials on this theory are what I actually care about his writing. His ideas on the subject resonate deeply with me because his conclusions bear strong similarity to the conclusions that I reached even before exploring his work.

Dean Radin's books have a metaphysical bend to them. He explores paranormal events and parapsychological occurrences that don't fit into the paradigm of orthodox science. And he lays out arguments for their validity with convincing evidence and tries to make sense of them in ways most scientists don't.

Graham Hancock is my go-to guy for history that's been systematically hidden from the public by the powers that be.

That's very well thought out; you're obviously someone who takes himself very seriously and uses his time judiciously. For me books are like movies (I do a lot of both) they entertain me and help me relax. For laughs, tears, and sometimes a few lessons. I like puzzles, I don't like to be told things directly (superficial plots), so I look for metaphors, symbolism and concepts that have a wider application in books and movies......it's fun figuring things like that out.

Some call it cunning,ruthless...tosome,it's amoral while to millions,it's alifesaver.... That's how controversial RobertGreene's classic: The 48 Laws Of Power actuallyturns out to become. But in my ownopinion A masterstroke.#copied.

It's a book on how to interact and majorly use people to your own advantage. its actually a good read

I once tried my hands on writing stories but I often gets stuck, but when I do poetry I just flow like am floating. Thing is, Is there a thread where poetry is majorly followed and always trending here on nairaland? I don't mind sharing some of my works with them.

Some call it cunning,ruthless...tosome,it's amoral while to millions,it's alifesaver.... That's how controversial RobertGreene's classic: The 48 Laws Of Power actuallyturns out to become. But in my ownopinion A masterstroke.#copied.

It's a book on how to interact and majorly use people to your own advantage. its actually a good read

the anecdotes in the book are what pricked my interest, it shows years of timeless research on the writer's part

Some call it cunning,ruthless...tosome,it's amoral while to millions,it's alifesaver.... That's how controversial RobertGreene's classic: The 48 Laws Of Power actuallyturns out to become. But in my ownopinion A masterstroke.#copied.

It's a book on how to interact and majorly use people to your own advantage. its actually a good read

the anecdotes in the book are what pricked my interest, it shows years of timeless research on the writer's part.